08062025-ATR-01.qxd 6/7/2025 11:31 PM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 41°C | MIN 28°C YESTERDAY MAX 40°C | MIN 27°C POLICE CONDUCT SEARCH OP AT CHABAL VILLAGE ZEBRA CROSSINGS LOST IN CITY TRAFFIC DEEPIKA JOINS ATLEE-ALLU ARJUN'S MAGNUM OPUS Teams from the Chabal police conducted a CASO, thoroughly searching houses in Chabal village. P2 Many motorists do not halt at the zebra crossings, preventing pedestrians from crossing them safely. P2 Actor Deepika has joined the cast of Telugu cinema star Allu Arjun and director Atlee's upcoming movie. P4 » » SUNSET SUNDAY 7.18 PM » SUNRISE MONDAY 5.22 AM SUNDAY | 8 JUNE 2025 | AMRITSAR DLSA reunites Mohali girl with parents Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 7 The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Amritsar, has managed to reunite a girl, a resident of Mohali, with her family. The girl, who is a student of a college in Chandigarh, had come to the office of DLSA on June 4. As per records, she left her home two days back on June 2 due to unwanted harassment being caused by her parents to her and on the intervening night of June 2 and June 3, she took shelter at her friend’s residence in Amritsar. Then she took shelter at Darbar Sahib. She further disclosed that after running from pillar to post, she came to know about the DLSA, Amritsar, from “CHATGPT” software. Amardeep Singh Bains, counsellor, who is also the CJM, District Legal Services Authority, said she approached the front office of the DLSA, “She was sobbing and was attended by front office staff and she was counselled. She did not want to take any legal action against her parents, but she gave an application in writing for settlement of dispute with her parents through mediation and conciliation process,” he said. The DSLA arranged for an online mediation with her parents and after due deliberations for about three hours, the matter was resolved amicably and the girl agreed to go back to her parents’ home in Mohali. Her parents also agreed to take back their daughter to their home. In the meantime, the girl was encouraged by Amardeep Singh Bains, Secretary, DLSA, and she was also offered food and necessities up to the time of her stay. Till the time her parents reached Amritsar from Mohali, the girl was given accommodation in “Sakhi One Stop Centre” at Civil Hospital, Amritsar. Uninterrupted 8-hour power supply still eludes farmers Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 7 Even as the paddy transplantation season has already started, farmers are unable to get the assured eight-hour uninterrupted power supply for running tubewells. They have complained that power supply is disrupted after short intervals as transmission lines continue to develop snags. The government had assured eight-hour power supply and the schedule of the same is forwarded to farmers every day. “In most cases, the department fails to initiate the supply as per its schedule sent to farmers. In case it is restored, the faults in the transmission lines force disruptions in power supply,” said a farmer Joginder Singh. While the frequency and number of technical snags in The state government had assured the farmers of uninterrupted eight-hour power supply. FILE PHOTO transmission lines during summers increases many fold due to heat, the shortage of manpower with power corporation causes delay in rectifying these faults. In many areas, the farmers are forced to hire services of private mechanics whom they pay from their pockets to get the problem rectified as they direly need to run their tubewells. “The power corporation employees often fail to reach the place which forces people to look to private mechanics,” said another farmer Mandeep Singh. While the canal irrigation department has released water, many farmers are solely dependent on tubewells as they have not used canal water for decades. The farmers stated that the reason for them not getting canal water is encroachments on land meant for channels supplying water. The farmers demanded that they should be given eight hour uninterrupted power supply preferably during the day time so that they can manage the water and ensure that it does not get wasted. “The corporation is required to repair its transmission system well before the start of summer season. However, it is seldom done and then public have to suffer,” said another resident Balram Kumar. Bid to grab school land: NRI expresses dismay over police ‘inaction’ Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 7 Even though the Chheharta police have registered an FIR in connection with demolishing the boundary wall of a private school belonging to an NRI, they have expressed their dismay over the noninclusion of names of the alleged suspects in the case. This despite the fact that the complainant had categorically given the names of the accused in their complaint with the police. “Our NRI minister has been holding online monthly meetings with Punjabi NRIs to listen to their grievances, however, our plea have fallen to deaf ear so far,” said Amandeep Singh, Canada based NRI and owner of the school. Shivalika Dhillon, principal and co-owner of the school, said that earlier two FIRs had 1 injured in attack on Excise Dept officials The boundary wall of a private school belonging to an NRI, which was demolished allegedly by land grabbers in Amritsar. been registered and also the local court had ordered to maintain status quo, the accused were repeatedly trying to usurp the land. Several per- sons damaged boundary wall of the playground of the school — Lake Head Public School — in an attempt to illegally grab it. Not once but twice, the accused demolished the boundary wall in two days. Overall it was fourth attempt by the accused, she alleged. First FIR was registered by the NRI police on September 14, 2024, Among those booked included Hardayal Singh Pandori, Lalli Kabal Singh of Kohali village here, Manjit Singh Hansowala of Hansowala village in Khadoor Sahib and their unknown accomplices. The second FIR was registered against Sukhjit Singh of Kohala village on November 4, 2024, apart from his unidentified companions. Amandeep Singh had sought intervention of the Punjab Chief Minister and the Punjab DGP after several persons who attempted to grab his ancestral property by manipulating and fabricating the land records. The school has been functioning for past nearly four decades there. He said his father, Dr Avtar Singh, a former professor at the historic Khalsa College, started the school in the 1980s after his return from Canada with a mission to provide quality education to poor kids in the rural belt. He said two years ago he passed away. Police register FIR in medicine theft case Pawan K Jaiswar Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 7 The pilferage of drugs used for de-addiction from OOAT centres notwithstanding, the lingering of the probe into stealing of drugs from the drug store at the Ajnala Civil Hospital highlights the lax attitude of the Health Department as well as the police towards the serious issue. On May 24, unknown persons burgled a huge quantity of medicines, including buprenorphine, a key drug used for de-addiction, meant for the OOAT centre. Though a complaint was lodged with the police on the same day, the Ajnala police registered an FIR only yesterday, around two weeks after the instances. Ironically, it was yet to ascertain the quantity of drugs stolen. The Health Department also apparently failed to do any follow up with the police department in the case. When asked to the Civil Surgeon, Dr Kirandeep Kaur, she said that would have to verify the current status from the concerned medical officer though she added that the case was ‘already registered’ by the police. On the other hand, when asked about the quantity of drugs stolen, Mukhtar Singh, SHO, Ajnala police station, said they were yet to verify it. While another police official associated with the probe said the Health Department was still to submit the record of the medicines stolen from the drug store of the hospital. Dr Gorisha, medical officer of the Ajnala Civil Hospital, who was on duty at that time had submitted a complaint to the police. In her complaint she said that she along with a class-four employee identified as Sahil had made the round of the hospital at around 12.30am and next day at around 7.15am when the Sahil made the round the hospital he found the lower part of the drug store door broken. He immediately alarmed other employees, including OOAT staff nurse and the Chief Pharmacist, who reached the spot and found the locks of two almirahs, where medicines of OOAT centres were kept, broken and all the drugs stolen. MLA Gupta inaugurates tubewell Affordable art, photography exhibition to address risingwaterdemand opens at IAFA Summer Art Camp Tribune News Service Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, June 7 A member of a team of officials of the Excise Department, supported by workers of wine contractors, was attacked and left injured by miscreants involved in manufacturing illicit liquor in Mand area under Harike here on Friday. Excise Inspector Hitesh Prabhakar, who was leading the team, in his statement to the Harike police said that they were conducting a search in the mand area at Mard village when they recovered 2,300 litres of lahan stored in a plastic tarpaulin, which was destroyed on the spot. The Excise Inspector told the police that the accused, identified as Bhupinder Singh, had allegedly been running the illegal business of illicit liquor. Bhupinder Singh Bhinda of Mard village on seeing a raiding party managed to escape from the spot. When members of the team tried to chase Bhupinder Singh, eight supporters of Bhupinder attacked the continued on page 2 MLA Dr Ajay Gupta inaugurates a tubewell in Ward No.63 in Amritsar on Saturday. Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 7 In a significant development for residents of Ward No.63 in Shiv Nagar Colony, MLA from Central Assembly constituency Dr Ajay Gupta today inaugurated a new tubewell in the area. The initiative aims to address the drinking water shortage in the region and ensure that residents have access to a reliable source of clean water. During the inauguration, MLA Dr Gupta assured the residents that there would be no shortage in develop- ment works in the constituency. He mentioned that the installation of tubewells had begun even before the onset of summer in areas facing drinking water shortage. Four more new tubewells are slated to be started soon. Dr Gupta emphasized his commitment to providing basic facilities to the people, stating that he is personally overseeing the development works in the constituency. He highlighted the challenges faced by commercial shopkeepers in the walled city regarding new electrici- ty meter installations and load increases. The MLA announced that the rule requiring no-objection certificates (NOCs) from the Municipal Corporation’s MTP department for these purposes would be abolished after discussions with higher officials, with a notification forthcoming. The MLA also mentioned the commencement of work on the Jhabbal road, which would be followed by premix road construction. Similar work is being initiated on other roads in the Central Assembly constituency. c m y b Amritsar, June 7 The completion of the first week of the 12th Summer Art Camp, organized at the Indian Academy of Fine Arts (IAFA), saw affordable art exhibition and photography exhibition open over the weekend. Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina, president of the Art Gallery, inaugurated a special photography exhibition, which was put up by the emerging young artist, Tegbir Singh. Chhina, while appreciating the work by new artists, said, “Young artists like Teghbir Singh are giving a new direction to our cultural heritage. Teghbir has beautifully depicted the social, cultural and personal layers of Punjab and Amritsar through photographs.” He said a total of 28 photographic works prepared by Teghbir Singh were displayed, which depict various aspects of life in a very sensitive and artistic manner. Some of these photographs are in monochrome, some in black and white. Chhina said although his is Visitors take a look at photos during an exhibition at the Indian Academy of Fine Arts in Amritsar. young, depth and maturity are visible in his vision and thinking. His works created a different wave among the audience, where people tried not only to see, but also to feel. Dr P S Grover, general secretary of the Art Gallery, said to promote art and encourage visitors to invest in art works, the gallery has put up an affordable art exhibition. “This Summer Art Camp is not just limited to classes, but it is a concept – a platform where young artists bring their voice, thoughts and perspectives to the world. It is also a bridge between artists and buyers, where direct interaction between them is encouraged. He said that the exhibition organized by Teghbir Singh is proof that artists like him will shape the art world of the future. For live demonstrations, a “Portrait Demo Workshop” was also organized by renowned painter Kulwant Singh Gill. He inspired the students by creating live portraits. In this workshop, he also explained the methods of creating portraits, selection of colors, balance of the nose-mascot and nuances like light-shadow in an easy way.